Fence-post.



PATBNTED APR. 9, 19o?. J. E. WRIGHT. FENCE POST.

APPLIOA'LIQHl FILED FEB. 19, 1906.

JAMES WRTGHT, or ,OMAHA NEBRASKA.

FENC-eosr.

T all whom, it 1lb/ty concern:

Beit known that I, Janes E. WRIGHT, a'

citizen of the `Unit-ed States, residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State n of Nebraska, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fence-Posts; and I do declare the followinflr to be a full, clear, and exact description' oi the invention, such as will 'enable others skilled in the 'artto which it appertains to make and use the saine.

My invention relates to improvements in concrete or plastic fence-posts, railroad-ties,

building-columns, and the like. l A

lhe object 'of the invention is to provide a device of this character' which will be of simple, durable,'and comparatively inex ensive construction and well adapted for t e purpose intended. f l Y \Vith the above and other objects in View the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement ot parts, as will be hereinafter def scribed and claimed,

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure v1 is` a perspective view of' the, fence-post.'v con strncted in aci-,'ordance with my invention.y Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the same. Fig. 3 is a. sidel view of the core4 before being placed in the mold. Fig.v 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 4 4 in Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawingsby numeral, l denotes my improved fence-post, which consists of' a core .2, covered with concrete, cement, or other plastic material 3. 2 may be ot wood, metal, or an other material and either solid or hollow; ut, as shown in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, of the drawings, .it consists oi a. strip or block oi` wood of recta-n'- guiar or other polygonal form in crossscc` tion. [n the centers ot the edges ol` its ends are formed notches l to receive wires 5,

which extend longitudinally ol" the core and are united at its ends by twisting them to gether, as Shown at ti, 0r in any other suitable manner. Aft-er the wires :'i are thus attached to the core-body '2 they nre streit-hed or bowed by inserting small blocks H beneath them. 'lhese blocks S are preferably located adjacent to the center of the core-body and The corel Specification ofiLeifte'r-slatentl Application 6195 Fein-nary 19,1996. Serial No.v301,867.

maybe o'l any desired size, form, and construction. 'lhey space the wires 5 from the Patented April 9, 1907;

core-body, and 'thereby cause the` same to bind the cement or plastic material 3 together andtupon the core. After the core has been thus constructed it is placed in a mold of any suitable form and construction, and the concrete, cement, .or other plastic nmterial 3 is then poured into the mold and allowed to harden. l y

To permit fencing boards or rails 9 to lie ap lied to the fence-post, i preferably provi ein lthe mold nuts 10 and bolts 11, so that Ythey will be embedded in the plastic matcrial 3, as shown. These bolts and nuts are preferably arranged in one lace of the. post,- and in its opposite face are formed transversely-extending grooves l2, which .ire adapted to receive barbed wires or other fencing-wires when it is desired to apply the same to the fence-post. v

While I have shown and described my invention as embodied in a tence-post,A it will be understood that by making the same of the proper size and shape it may be used as a railway-tie, building-column, or the like.

From the' foregoing description, taken connection. with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without retpliring a more extended explanation.

' 'arious changes in 'the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the princple 'or sacriicing any of the advantages of the invention as fdelined by the appended claim. i 4 i i Having thus describled my invention, what I claim as ne ind desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A device ofthe character described comprising a core having notches in its ends, longitudinal wires n on said core engaged with said notches an united at the end ot they core, "and means for spacing said wires from the intermediate portions ot the 'core-body,

- substantially as described. 

